Ofcom approves UWB for use in the UK

by Darren Murph, posted Aug 10th 2007 at 4:02AM

Though it did take a bit longer than the six months Ofcom's chief technologist, Professor William Webb was hoping for, ultra-wideband has finally been given the green light in the UK. New legislation will mean that "UK users will not need a license to use UWB devices when they hit shelves in the future," and Ofcom's Chief Executive Ed Richards was quoted as saying that "where possible, we want to remove restrictions on the use of spectrum to allow the market to develop new and innovative services, such as UWB, for the benefit of consumers." So there you have it (UK-based) folks, just a few more days (August 13th, to be precise) before UWB usage is fair game on your side of the pond.

[Via The Register]

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Tags: certified, europe, government, legislation, license, Ofcom, ratified, uk, ultra-wideband, ultrawideband, uwb

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nih @ Aug 10th 2007 4:00PM

So UWB is some sort of acronym for Glowing Train Control Card? Wait, does the card BECOME the train?

I fucking love trains. This news is right up my creek. MOAR!

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Mike @ Aug 11th 2007 8:36AM

I wonder if this has anything to do with the airport extreme base station not showing on the UK Applestore at the moment (not has it since the PR on tuesday).. oh well good news even if not.